Zions Camp

So, after a whirlwind trip to CA and getting in LATE. The boys and I packed up and went camping. What was I thinking?!?!?! I was thinking that I have the greatest friends who would help with the boys and all that camping entails. And I was right!! Thanks GUYS!! So, this post is long, but A LOT happened just GETTING to Zions Camp. Here goes!!!
While running around the house trying to get everything together,Ben is CRYing. Not sure What is going on. So, after a few hours of that, we're getting in the car. The boys are climbing in and out of the car while I'm loading up. The car is beeping like the key's in the ignition. It's not so I'm not worried about it. Then, just as we're FINALLY getting in the car, I put on my sunglasses and all of a sudden they BOTH want theirs. After another half an hour of looking for the sunglasses and hats. Now we're off!! Or are we? I put the key in the ignition and........NOTHING!! Yup, we have a dead battery. What now? No problem, I'll use the other car to jump it, no luck, the hood of the truck won't open. So,now we have to figure something out. Half an hour later after squeezing everything into the smaller car, we were OFF!!! YEAH!! We finally make it to camp and meet up with the LeBarons to do some boating!!

After boating we decided it was time to set up my tent and make some dinner. I now remember WHY we got a new tent. It was pretty comical trying to set up the tent. I took it because it's smaller than the new one. But NOT as good. Then we had an amazingly fun evening of homemade ice cream, smores, and good friends who were there to pick up Ben EVERY time he tipped his chair over. Never once did he cry,he just got up and got into a new one.I can't believe how homeless my children look!!!

Thanks Kole for being the ONLY one to look at the camera.Cute posin' Kelli!! What a CREW!!!

Abe LeBaron, Alli Gardner, Audrey Gardner, Andrew Borland,Kole Kanekoa, Andrew Gardner, Karson Kanekoa, Ava Gardner, Kelli Kanekoa, Henry LeBaron, Benjamin Borland. After a long night of Ben wanting to go home and sleep in his OWN bed, we got ourselves ready for the day and sent everyone off to do service. The Gardners were nice enough to take Andrew with them. I love that we were able to go camping, enjoy time with friends and then help out with service as well. A definite tradition for our family.

After doing a morning of service we were able to spend the afternoon at the lake. Smile Audrey!!Fun times of splashing in the water,

Boating, playing on the rope swingAllison, THIS is how it's done

Check out that SPLASH!!

Thanks for a GREAT time everyone. We do need to do it again. With more friends next time. What a BLAST!!!

Memorial Day with Daddy!

So yes, we hopped a plane and came to CA for a few days. It's been fun, we've been relaxing and just enjoying being together, for Memorial Day we went to the park and went swimming at the pool here at the Bob's hotel. Not much, but fun memories for us. Enjoy the pictures.


This is how Andrew enjoys the pool. It takes him awhile to get used to the water. He LOVES his new suit, he slipped on the steps the first day and went under so we got smart and got him a new suit. Thankfully he's still cautious and realizes that he's still not invincible.Benjamin screams and cries the whole time we're getting him ready for the pool and would cry the whole way down and then the first 5 minutes or so, and then we couldn't get him out! By the end of the week they were actually jumping off the side of the pool! No pics though because we went while Bob was at work. We realized that this is Ben's first time in a pool. He's been to the beach several times, but never a pool. He thought it was "TOO BIG!"

We've gone to Lancaster

You heard right, the boys and I loaded up and flew to Lancaster to visit daddy. On Saturday, I couldn't take it anymore and I booked us some tickets. We were in CA by Sunday afternoon. We flew in to Long Beach, CA. What a FUN airport!! We were at the VERY back of the plane and I was prepared to be the last off. NOPE! We were able to unload from the back of the plane right on to the tarmac!!! We thought it was REALLY cool!! Then, guess where the baggage claim is??? OUTSIDE!!! YUP! the baggage claim was outside with a nice little cafe. I really felt like I was on vacation. We were picked up by Bob and Aunt Nancy.

The boys fell into IMMEDIATE love with her. From there we headed to lunch and then off to the beach. At least for a stroll and a chance to get our feet wet.
Ben couldn't take his eyes off the water!!!

Running from the waves!!!

That's the UP blimb for the new Disney movie, the boys thought it was pretty cool.

Happy to be with daddy!!!!

More to come, we're here for 4 DAYS!!!!

Ben made breakfast!!

So one day last week as I was making muffins for the boys, Ben decided that I was taking too long and took it upon himself to make everyone breakfast. He got out the bowls, set them in everyone's place and then put 3 pieces of cereal in each bowl. What a big helper!!! Thanks for breakfast Ben!

Bob's Birthday

For Bob's birthday this year, He and I got AWAY!!! When a friend of ours found out he was getting to come home for 4 days, she offered to take the boys over night. Bob and I have NEVER left the boys for more than a few hours. This was big for us and SO needed! I got to do all the planning and made it all a surprise. We stayed at a hotel in Seattle and had dinner at the Space Needle at sunset. SO FUN!! Then we came home the next day and went to a movie before picking up the boys for dinner. We then spent the weekend relaxing and teaching Andrew how to fish. We had a great weekend and were really sad to see him leave again for 2 more weeks. Thanks for being such a wonderful husband and father. I know right now is tough for us all, thank you for being so strong for all of us.

Fishing

We (Bob and I) don't fish. It's not something we really enjoy and we don't really enjoy eating fish. But, I thought it was something Andrew needed to experience. So, I signed him up for a fishing derby. The section of lake that they fished in was stocked and every child was able to fish for 1 hour and take home 2 fish. We did it with some friends of ours and are happy to say that EVERYONE caught a fish!!! Albeit, for Karson, it was literally the LAST second. I hear it was VERY intense, my boys were DONE long before it was over. Here are a few pictures from our BEAUTIFUL Washington day. Although Andrew caught a fish... we did NOT bring it home, we gave it to some friends who took it home and ate it, i guess I better ask them how it tasted. You can see Andrew's not to sure about the flailing fish.

More Birthday highlights

Because Ben's birthday was in the middle of the week and Bob wasn't home, we celebrated for DAYS! We had to squeeze Bob's birthday in too. It was fun! Andrew and Ben and I had one cake on Wednesday...a train of course. Yes, I know it's pink, but it's STRAWBERRY! This kid is ALL about strawberry. One day he may regret it....naw...he's MAN enough to like pink. He LOVES to be Superman and Batman. I thought these PJ's were fitting for him. He was so jealous of Andrew's roller skates, that we got him his own. He LOVES them. He was so excited when he saw them. In fact he loved ALL of his presents.
Just before daddy left on Mon we had more cake. The boys love having a cake in the shape of the number they are turning. It's been perfect...not to much cake. As soon as he saw the candle, he started to blow on it. I couldn't even get a picture fast enough!

We love you Ben. You're our big happy Ben and we LOVE having you in our family. Definitely some comic relief. I love how you light up when Andrew wakes up in the morning. We love you Ben!!!